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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Well, it's now almost noon and I'm up for the day and feeling great. Much better than I did last time! I think I might be able to squeeze a real day out of today. :)

So how did I make out?

Last year I read for 735 minutes (12.25 hours) and 739 pages. I thought that was pretty good, but I also took a little shopping break and a cat nap during the night. This year I knew I wanted to do better.

And I did...by the skin of my teeth:

TOTALS:840 pages read877 minutes reading (14.6 hours)320? minutes blogging (actually, I lost count--but this is 5.3 hours)22 hours of participating (1360 minutes!!)4 books finished: A Tale Out of Luck, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Ice Queen, Coraline2 caffeine beverages and lots of water! And ice cream, and fruit, and peanuts, and twizzlers, and crackers, and sushi...I did a lot of munching in 22 hours!8 or so mini challenges entered? 0 prizes

END-EVENT SURVEY

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?Hour 21 (3 am) was the most difficult. I kept falling asleep while reading Coraline. I finally got up and walked around and was able to finish it without any other problems, but that's when I knew it was best just to go to bed.

2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?The Ice Queen was a great book for the read-a-thon. If Scott and his friend hadn't made an entrance while I was reading it I could have finished it easily in two sittings (not their fault--I was the one who HAD to show them the Harry Potter video from the mid-event survey)

3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?Everything was great! Thanks to all our hostesses who did such a fantastic job! And I LOVED that the read-a-thon started much earlier this time. Made it easier to get through the middle of the night.

4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?The multiple hostesses seemed to work really well--everything was always very smooth over at Dewey's. And THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU again to EVERYONE who came by to cheerlead. Again I had some cheerleaders that weren't even participating in the event and I can't tell you guys how much it means to me. Rah Rah Rast, you are reading Fast; Rah Rah Read, Kick 'em in the Knee. ;)

5. How many books did you read?4 whole books! I slowed down a little with Anne Frank, but overall I'm thrilled!

6. What were the names of the books you read?A Tale Out of Luck (Willie Nelson); Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl; The Ice Queen (Alice Hoffman); Coraline (Neil Gaiman)

7. Which book did you enjoy most?I enjoyed them all for different reasons but The Ice Queen was definitely the most captivating

8. Which did you enjoy least?None--although the pictures in Coraline scared me a bit. :P

9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?I wasn't a cheerleader--but you guys ROCK. Keep doing what you're doing!

10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?I'd love to participate again--most likely as a reader (although I spent a quarter of the time on the computer leaving comments anyway). I now look forward to these events!

25 comments:

Four books is soooo awesome, Trish!!! I only actually ended up reading one from start to finish. :( But I only had 9 pages left in my second one, so I finished it right after official time was up. And instead of being bummed, I'm just going to be thrilled that I got 2 books read this weekend that I wouldn't have without the read-a-thon.The cheerleaders really did rock, didn't they? And even though you weren't an official cheerleader, I really, really appreciated your unofficial cheerleading!I may have to scold you about sharing that Harry Potter video though...Annie has played it at least 20 times now!

*Debi - They were pretty short books but it does feel good to have them off the TBR pile! And you're right--they wouldn't have gotten read this weekend without the readathon. And I appreciate YOUR unofficial cheerleading. I think all of the cheering and community building is what makes this event so special for me. And glad Annie liked the video--even if it does get stuck in your head "Dumbledore!"

*Bermuda - Thanks. :)

*Sam - Thanks--it was a lot of fun--hopefully you can join next time!

*Lisa - LOL--you can take a well deserved break from cheerleading. Thanks for being so great

*Alison - Ice Queen was a really good read for the read-a-thon. It went by really fast! And it was fun--thanks for coming by to cheer me on. :)

*Laura - Yay for meeting goals! I'm still kind of surprised how close my numbers are to last time...I guess too much time on the Internet. oops! So glad that we could do this together this time!!

*Tuesday - Thanks for stopping by! I think I answered your question on your blog--but if you have other questions I'd love to answer them! Hope you can join us next time (and it is a tad insane!!)

*Melody - It was a lot of fun--if you can partcipate in the next one I think you'd like it--even if you can only participate part of the time. I really liked Coraline as well but boy was it frightening! :P